[arch-general] We want to help

[C Anthony Risinger]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
>>  * git://ius.student.utwente.nl/aur2 -- Thralas's repository
>>  * git://git.berlios.de/aur2 -- Djszapi's repository
>>  * git://github.com/SpeedVin/aur2.git -- SpeedVin's AUR2 forked repo
>> with some patches and translation's.
>
> I'll add "AUR3" to the mix... -
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=99839

i haven't made any release or update to BBS (or README :-) in some
time, but a fair amount of work + thought has gone into this.  if
you'd like, check out the 'pmvc-refactor' branch here:

https://github.com/extofme/aur-pyjs/tree/pmvc-refactor

it will be the path forward, and is based on the lightweight puremvc
framework to add a little sanity.  i encourage you to take a look, as
the code is remarkably small, fast, free of any HTML/compatibility
nuances, but still leverages the full power of the most advanced GUI
available... a web browser, an excellent language... python, and a
competent widget library based on GWT.  it's a fully client side
javascript (or python-DOM) application requiring nothing from the
server (or a local daemon...) other than JSON-RPC endpoints, which can
be implemented in any language.

the entire GUI is reusable in desktop mode (python bindings to DOM).
everything is hot pluggable at runtime, right down to the core and
shell.  users will in time be able to make any layout change they
wish.  the slight stagnation on this project is only due to me working
on pyjamas itself to support runtime hot-loading of python modules via
AJAX... ie. variable/conditional imports... to enable dependency
injection (of AUR modules), [more] efficient bootstrap and runtime,
and other dynamicisms.

currently, local PKGBUILD database expected to be dulwich/git based,
to easily support forking/etc of PKGBUILDs, but im also considering
couchdb (the couchdb python API could be ported to pyjs... then i
could make parallel databases calls via iframe proxies DIRECTLY from
the browser!!). the ultimate idea is a distributed AUR.

im not in a hurry to complete it, as i have some far reaching goals,
but it is very much active and open for input.  in short, this message
is a shameless self-promotion, but i believe the approach holds more
potential than existing solutions, simpler extensibility, and a lower
barrier of entry to non web/HTML/CSS/Javascript/.../.../... (have you
ever wrote a good webapp before? sheesh...) developers.

C Anthony